AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT

India is an Agricultural Country. Agriculture and Allied sector contribute to about 13.9% in GDP. Agriculture Department has to look for various needs and requirements of the farmers for productivity.

The Department’s responsibility is to provide best storage area, good quality fertilizers, machinery, tools, pesticides, latest technologies etc, so that the farmers can grow crop very efficiently. The department of Agriculture should provide friendly environment so that the farmers can grab new technology and procedural knowledge easily.

Chhattisgarh department of Agriculture headed by Shri Brijmohan Agarwal ji totally works for

the upliftment of farmers by providing skill development training to the farmers.

Brijmohan ji encourage the farmers to do organic farming and use chemical free fertilizers under

Parampragat Krishi Vikas Yojana.

Various training and guidance are given to the farmers regarding productivity and cropping through propagandas and other

sources.

The department provides e-portal to all the farmers from where they can gain more information about latest

procedures and techniques.

The farmers can gain information regarding farming in their own language, the facility to change

language is provided in the e-portal website.

The department of agriculture provides facility to the farmer by

sending information to them through SMS regarding weather

report and other information that can be useful to them. For this

farmers have to register in krishi portal for SMS alert.

By the support of Agriculture minister Brijmohan Agrawal Ji and hard work of the farmers, Chhattisgarh won the prestigious Krishi Karman Award for year 2013-2014.

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